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Classic Retellings
Classic Retellings (Related to this series)
- Author
- Tanya Landman
- Narrator
- Beth Eyre, James Groom
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 8 May 2025
- Run Time
- 2 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories Inspired by or adapted from other media
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What to expect
Carnegie Medal winner Tanya Landman delivers a terrifyingly enthralling and truly accessible retelling of Bram Stoker’s legendary Victorian Gothic horror.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is a masterpiece of horror fiction in which he creates a nightmarish world of vampires, evil-doing and insanity.
A ship steered by a dead man…
A huge black dog springing from its deck…
A girl, sleepwalking towards disaster…
When rising young solicitor Jonathan Harker helps the mysterious and sinister Count Dracula purchase property in London he unleashes an evil that threatens to destroy the whole of humanity.
Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 9.
Critics Review
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"Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman has added this extraordinary Gothic classic to her superb series of retellings for publisher Barrington Stoke … It's no surprise that Stoker’s Gothic horror story popularised the vampire theme which has permeated literature and films alike, and now Landman’s stunning retelling – produced in an accessible format – means that that more readers can understand and enjoy it. The perfect introduction to the unforgettable world of Dracula!" – Yorkshire Evening Post
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"It's short, it's fast-paced but still maintains that totally chilling atmosphere … This is a great way to introduce young readers to the world of Gothic fiction and classic horror. It's spooky, smart and so incredibly engaging. Teachers, this one deserves a place on your classroom shelves!" — The Bearded Educator, reviewer
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"This is an absolutely brilliant retell of a classic novel. Perfectly captures the voices of the characters from the original." — Teacher
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"I really liked how I was able to see the different perspectives of Jonathan's Diary and Mina's Diary. I also liked how we saw each day go by. It made me feel like I was witnessing the events, as if I were there in my mind." — Student review, Teen Titles
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Details
- Author
- Tanya Landman
- Narrator
- Beth Eyre, James Groom
- Duration
- 2 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 May 2025
- ISBN
- 9780008747794
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories Inspired by or adapted from other media
Synopsis
Carnegie Medal winner Tanya Landman delivers a terrifyingly enthralling and truly accessible retelling of Bram Stoker’s legendary Victorian Gothic horror. Bram Stoker's Dracula is a masterpiece of horror fiction in which he creates a nightmarish world of vampires, evil-doing and insanity. A ship steered by a dead man… A huge black dog springing from its deck… A girl, sleepwalking towards disaster… When rising young solicitor Jonathan Harker helps the mysterious and sinister Count Dracula purchase property in London he unleashes an evil that threatens to destroy the whole of humanity. Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 9.
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